Sri Lanka at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Sri Lanka at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	SRI
CGA	National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka
Website	srilankaolympic.org
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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The 1998 Commonwealth Games were Sri Lanka's 11th appearance in the Commonwealth Games. Sri Lanka won two medals and were ranked 27th on the medal table.

Medals

				Total
Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2

Silver

• Sriyani Kulawansa - Women's 100 m Hurdles, 12.95 s

Bronze

• Sugath Thilakaratne - Men's 400 m, 44.64 s

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

South Africa named the below squad for the tournament.

Roster

• Hashan Tillakaratne (c)
• Mahela Jayawardene (vc)
• Russel Arnold
• Upul Chandana
• Indika de Saram
• Lanka de Silva (wk)
• Indika Gallage
• Avishka Gunawardene
• Chandika Hathurusingha
• Pradeep Hewage
• Suresh Perera
• Thilan Samaraweera
• Mario Villavarayan
• Malinda Warnapura

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sri Lanka men	Men's tournament	Malaysia W by 7 wickets	Jamaica W by 67 runs	Zimbabwe W by 1 wicket	1 Q	South Africa L by 1 wicket	New Zealand L by 51 runs	4

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	0	6	1.581
2	Zimbabwe	3	2	1	0	0	4	1.887
3	Jamaica	3	1	2	0	0	2	−0.122
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	0	0	0	−3.736

Source: ESPNcricinfo

9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Malaysia 109 (47.4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 112/3 (19.4 overs)
Rakesh Madhavan 37 Thilan Samaraweera 3/17 (8.4 overs)		Avishka Gunawardene 43 Ramesh Menon 2/30 (5.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Beattie Arlow (NI) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Suresh Navaratnam (Mas) made his List A debut.
• Marimuthu Muniandy (Mas) played his final List A match.
• Points: Sri Lanka 2, Malaysia 0.

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12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 211/5 (50 overs)	v	Jamaica 144/8 (50 overs)
Avishka Gunawardene 107 Kirk Powell 1/28 (8 overs)		Jimmy Adams 34* Russel Arnold 2/17 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 67 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

• Jamaica won the toss and elected to field.
• Avishka Gunawardene (SL) scored his maiden List A century.
• Points: Sri Lanka 2, Jamaica 0.
• Jamaica were eliminated as a result of this match.

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14 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe 265/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 266/9 (47.2 overs)
Alistair Campbell 82 Chandika Hathurusingha 1/34 (10 overs)		Indika de Saram 75* Pommie Mbangwa 3/49 (8.2 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Steve Bucknor (WI)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Sri Lanka 2, Zimbabwe 0.
• Sri Lanka qualified for the semi-finals and Zimbabwe were eliminated as a result of this match.

Semi-final

16 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 130 (44 overs)	v	South Africa 131/9 (47 overs)
Avishka Gunawardene 53 (87) Nicky Boje 4/16 (9 overs)		Michael Rindel 25 (28) Thilan Samaraweera 2/13 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 1 wicket Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Bronze medal match

18 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

New Zealand 212/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 161 (44.4 overs)
Chris Harris 56* (71) Russel Arnold 1/27 (10 overs)		Suresh Perera 45 (55) Daniel Vettori 3/33 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 51 runs Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Saleem Badar (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.